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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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A Guatemalan man living unlawfully in the United States and previously convicted of sexual battery has pleaded guilty in federal court in Cleveland to charges related to encouraging a minor to enter the country illegally and submitting false...
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A Georgia businessman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a scheme to bribe Honduran government officials and launder money, with the goal of securing business for a manufacturer of law enforcement uniforms based in...
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Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, a 40-year-old resident of Bowie, Maryland, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a wire fraud conspiracy.
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Two men from Virginia have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to destroy government databases managed by a federal contractor, according to the Department of Justice. “These defendants abused their positions as federal contractors to attack...
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Swiss Automation Inc., a precision machining company based in Illinois, has agreed to pay $421,234 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to provide adequate cybersecurity for certain drawings of parts supplied to...
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Stacey Taylor, a 42-year-old resident of Plattsburgh, New York, was arraigned on Monday following her indictment by a federal grand jury in Albany.
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A Houston businessman has been convicted by a federal jury for his involvement in a scheme to bribe officials at Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), Mexico's state-owned oil company, and its subsidiary PEMEX Exploración y Producción (PEP).
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Clinical laboratory NEXT Bio-Research Services LLC, also known as NEXT Molecular Analytics and based in Chester, Virginia, has agreed to pay at least $758,000 to settle allegations that it provided illegal kickbacks to doctors and marketers.
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The Office of Information Policy (OIP) has announced that the Chief FOIA Officers Council will conduct a virtual meeting on Monday, December 15, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern Time.
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The Office of Information Policy (OIP) has announced updated dates for its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) training sessions, following rescheduling caused by the government shutdown.
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A former officer with the Loveland Police Department in Colorado has been found guilty by a jury of violating civil rights for sexually assaulting a minor while on duty.
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A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Louisiana has indicted Darrion Denard Brooks, 28, of Houston, Texas, on charges related to a scheme to obtain controlled substances through fraudulent prescriptions and sell them illegally.
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A Georgia resident, Patrick C. Moore Jr., was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $7.2 million in restitution for his involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme.
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The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has filed lawsuits against six states—Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington—for not providing their statewide voter registration lists as required by federal law.
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The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against William Aaron Asper, a landlord in the Westland, Michigan area, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation against female tenants.
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The Justice Department, in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has seized about 73,000 units of products containing 7-hydroxymitragine (7-OH) from three warehouses.
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Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera and a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to drug conspiracy and engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.
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The Justice Department has seized the web domain tickmilleas.com, which was used in cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes targeting Americans.
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Five men have been indicted on charges related to the operation of an online group called “Greggy’s Cult,” which authorities allege was responsible for a range of child exploitation offenses.
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A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Ohio has indicted Jeriah Mast, 44, of Millersburg, Ohio, on four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors in Haiti.